Conservative Collegiates Can Sue for News Bias
(CN) - The 9th Circuit on Tuesday revived claims an unwritten policy at Oregon State University severely limited distribution of a student-run conservative newspaper. OSU Students Alliance had...
View ArticlePrescription Drug
NEWARK - GlaxoSmithKline and Teva Pharmaceuticals conspired to restrict competition and raise prices for lamotrigine (Lamictal), a $2 billion-a-year blockbuster drug, a union claims in a federal...
View ArticleSuing Apple
HARTFORD - WhitServe claims Apple violates its patent on a "system for sequentially opening and displaying files in a directory," in Federal Court.
View ArticleRinse and Spit
CHARLESTON, W. Va. - A patient claims her dentist, Ronald A. Grace, of Grace Dental Care, asked her for oral sex after an appointment, then continued to sexually harass her, in Kanawha County Court.
View ArticleInfo Demanded on Georgia Immigration Regime
ATLANTA (CN) - A human rights group and the ACLU sued the federal government for documents about "Georgia's ever-deepening involvement in immigration enforcement." The Georgia Latino Alliance...
View ArticleArchitect Protects His Crayon Columns
CINCINNATI (CN) - An architect claims in court that rivals are violating copyright on his "crayon-shaped columns" for a day care center. Patrick Hansford dba Patrick Hansford Associates claims...
View ArticleWhistleblower Says College Made Him Fall Guy
(CN) - A community college official claims in court that he was fired and made "the fall guy" for protesting the college's refusal to report a student's complaint of sexual assault. Thomas...
View ArticleOccupy Nashville
NASHVILLE - Fourteen people sued Gov. Bill Haslam et al., claiming they were illegally arrested and jailed and their belongings illegally seized during Occupy Nashville a year ago, in Federal Court.
View ArticleState, Feds Go After Robo-Creeps
PHOENIX (CN) - Sleazy robocallers "defrauded thousands of consumers nationwide out of millions of dollars" by falsely promising to reduce their credit card rates for $900, Arizona and the FTC...
View ArticleTricky Gummy Hearts
INDEPENDENCE, Calif. - Sole defendant Imaginings 3 sells Disney Princess Gummy Hearts in deceptive packages with "nonfunctional slack fill," the People of California claim in Inyo County Court.
View ArticleEx-Galleon Exec Settles Inside Trading Claims
MANHATTAN (CN) - Former Galleon executive Kris Chellam agreed to pay $1.75 million to settle claims that he passed inside trading tips to convicted hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam. Click...
View ArticleEavesdropping
LOS ANGELES - A federal judge refused to dismiss claims that Defender Security Co. violated two sections of California penal code in the alleged surreptitious recording of customer calls.
View ArticlePolice Chief Called a Rogue Cop
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (CN) - A small-town police chief shook down motorists for "cash as bail" for supposed traffic tickets, then pocketed the loot and disappeared, a motorist claims in Federal Court....
View ArticleShow Business
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge set a 21-day deadline for Christian musician Matthew Ward to amend his complaint against Dennis Mitchell and Farm Hand Productions over his 2001 album, "End of...
View ArticleDanger Zone in the Cowboys Party Zone
DALLAS (CN) - An El Paso man says in court that he needed surgery after a heavy sign and pole in the standing-room-only "party zones" at Cowboys Stadium fell onto him. Manuel Bustamante sued...
View ArticleIranian Transactions Regs Issued in Entirety
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Office of Foreign Assets Control has reissued the Iranian Transactions Regulations in their entirety after amendments, and renamed them the Iranian Transactions and Sanctions...
View ArticleVisa Worker Says Cell Company Extorted Him
DALLAS (CN) - A Texas cellular phone company forced a worker to pay thousands of dollars a month in kickbacks to keep his job, extorting him and violating immigration laws, the man claims in...
View ArticleThe Cost of MeteredMail May Go Down
WASHINGTON (CN) - The Postal Service is considering changing the price of postage for metered mail, which may be different from prices for stamped mail, the agency says in a proposed regulation....
View ArticleDefamed as Spy by Urine-Testers, Man Says
DALLAS (CN) - A urine-testing company fired, defamed and harassed an employee for refusing to be a corporate spy or lie to the U.S. government, he claims in court. Edward Zicari says he worked...
View ArticlePost-Taser Brain Damage Could Be Cop's Fault
(CN) - Philadelphia police may have used excessive force by Tasering a suspected drug dealer until he stopped breathing, causing permanent brain damage, a federal judge ruled. In February...
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